eBooks and eReaders

There are many benefits to students accessing their textbooks electronically, such as shared highlights and search capabilities. Surprisingly, though, it's not the iPad and other eReaders that are…

For readers who want to see the much-talked-about prototype of India’s $35 tablet computer in moving color, a gadget show on Indian television just featured an exclusive hands-on…

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that incoming medical students at Stanford University will have fewer textbooks to carry this fall after the university distributes iPads to its 91…

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said on Aug. 2 that he was investigating deals struck by Amazon.com and Apple to offer low prices on electronic books, saying the…

School is starting in late August, and already a few universities are touting their decision to make the iPad a part of the classroom. But these universities might…

Amazon.com will introduce two new versions of its Kindle eReader on July 29, and one will sell for $139, reports the New York Times—the lowest price yet for…

A nifty new iPad application called Flipboard has gone from fascination to mockery at startup speed, reports the Washington Post.